KPU to announce new candidates

JAKARTA: The General Elections Commission (KPU) will announce on Monday nine additional candidates to fill the three remaining seats for the election supervisory committee after most of the earlier candidates did not have the necessary qualifications.

The candidates have to pass a fit and proper test, which KPU will hold sometime this week, the commission said.

The supervisory committee consists of six members. Only three candidates have qualified so far. They are University of Indonesia law expert Topo Santoso, legislator Didik Supriyanto and rights activist Rozy Munir.

The committee is an independent body in charge of monitoring next year's general election to ensure transparency and fairness of the election. -- JP